A group of researchers recently modeled the transmission of COVID-19 within an isolation room at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London, U.K. Their goal was to explore the optimal room layout to reduce the risk of infection ...
General Physics
Feb 7, 2023
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It's inefficient to periodically draw blood from someone's neck to check oxygen levels, especially when that person is in an intensive care unit for massive blood loss. Yet the invasive procedure is currently the go-to method ...
Optics & Photonics
Aug 20, 2015
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In Nature Communications, researchers from Graz in Austria have presented initial approaches to preventing the spread of antibiotic resistance in hospitals.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 13, 2019
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Clinical shock is one of the most common causes of the high mortality rate among critically-ill patients in Intensive Care Units. During shock, the transport of oxygenated blood is not sufficient to meet the metabolic demands ...
Analytical Chemistry
Oct 22, 2014
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Serological tests play an important role in the surveillance and management of epidemics or pandemics, as well as in acquired immunity studies. Currently, COVID-19 serology is performed by well-established immunoassay techniques, ...
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 2, 2022
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Boosted by stronger fish populations, the overall health of the Chesapeake Bay improved some last year, but Monday's annual report card for the nation's largest estuary says there's still a long way to go.
Environment
May 8, 2017
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The hospital room is air-cooled to feel like a pangolin's burrow. The patient, Lumbi, is syringe-fed with a protein-packed smoothie, given a daily dose of medicine and has his vital signs checked.
Plants & Animals
Apr 13, 2022
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An innovative new sensor could improve how hospital staff monitor patient breath rates and stability, according to new Oxford University research.
General Physics
Sep 7, 2017
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Researchers at ETH Zurich are applying machine learning in intensive care units to distinguish between false alarms and those signalling real medical issues.
Machine learning & AI
Jan 23, 2019
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The need to evacuate an intensive care unit (ICU) or operating theatre complex during a fire or other emergency is a rare event but one potentially fraught with difficulty: not only is there a risk that patients may come ...
Environment
May 14, 2021
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